White Sage & Rosemary Cleansing Smudge Stick

The rosemary adds α-pinene and verbenone to the shared eucalyptol base - compounds that lift the opening notes into a brighter, piney register before the sage settles back into its cooler middle. The combination is a modern craft pairing rather than a heritage tradition; the American sage and the Mediterranean herb come from different aromatic lineages, joined here by a shared compound.

1. Hold the tip to a flame until it catches (5–10 seconds).
2. Blow the flame out so the bundle smoulders.
3. Hold over a fireproof dish or shell.
4. Walk slowly through the room - do not fan vigorously.
5. Press the burning tip into sand or a dish to extinguish. Let cool fully before storing.

Burn in a ventilated room. Keep away from soft furnishings and loose fabric.

• Botanical: Salvia apiana & Rosmarinus officinalis
• Common name: White Sage & Rosemary
• Origin: Mexico (sage) · Mediterranean cultivars (rosemary)
• Form: Cotton-tied bundle
• Size: 4"
• Dominant compounds: 1,8-cineole · camphor · α-pinene · verbenone
• Shelf life: Best within 12 months of production

The Latin name ros marinus means "dew of the sea" - from the plant's habit of growing along Mediterranean coastal cliffs where the morning fog condenses on its leaves. The species has been continuously cultivated since at least the first century of the Common Era; Theophrastus, Dioscorides, and Pliny all named it. Its bundling alongside American sage is a late-20th-century practice.